Sona Jobarteh

Maya Sona Jobarteh born 1983. First female professional kora player.

Hella Coastal

Hella Coastal Oakland, CA’s first Black owned brewery.

Aliyah Griffith in 2022 first Black student to earn a graduate degree in marine sciences from the University of North Carolina

Sarah E. Farro 1859 – ? First Black woman to publish a novel in 1891.

Quincy Jones born in 1933. In 1961 he because the first Black person to hold the position of Vice President for Mercury Records.

Amen and Auser Thompson in 2023 became the first brothers to be drafted in the NBA top five.

Aunt Polly Jackson was a former slave who escaped and in her freedom helped establish Africa, Ohio.

Zenzile Miriam Mekeba 1932 – 2008. Aka “Mama Africa” popularized music from Africa world-wide.

Teresa Graves 1948-2002 first Black woman to star in her own television show, in 1975, “Get Christie Love”

Sylvia Robinson 1936-2011 “Mother of Hip Hop”. Produced “Rapper’s Delight”